Delaware paycheck calculator

Take-home pay in Delaware after federal and Delaware income tax, Social Security, Medicare and your deductions, using the 2026 withholding rules.

State you live and work in

2026 rules for Delaware.

City or county tax

Only if you live (or work) where it applies.

Pay

I'm paid

Salary (per year, before taxes)

How often you're paid

Your Form W-4

Filing status

Children under 17

$2,200 each in Step 3, if your income is $200,000 or less ($400,000 married filing jointly).

Other dependents

$500 each in Step 3.

Pre-tax and after-tax deductions

401(k) or 403(b) contribution

Traditional (pre-tax). Put a Roth contribution under after-tax deductions.

Health insurance, HSA and FSA

Pre-tax premiums and contributions through payroll; they also lower Social Security and Medicare.

After-tax deductions

Roth 401(k), union dues, garnishments.

More Form W-4 options

Step 2: two jobs, or married and your spouse works

Only if you checked the box in Step 2(c) of your W-4.

Step 4(a): other income (per year)

Step 4(b): deductions (per year)

From the W-4's Deductions Worksheet: tips, overtime, car loan interest, the senior deduction, itemizing.

Step 4(c): extra withholding

Take-home pay per paycheck

$1,826.80

$47,496.74 a year from $59,999.94 gross, 26 paychecks.

Gross pay, each deduction and take-home pay, per paycheck and per year
Item	Per paycheck	Per year
Gross pay	$2,307.69	$59,999.94
Federal income tax	−$193.08	−$5,020.08
Social Security	−$143.08	−$3,720.00
Medicare	−$33.46	−$870.00
Delaware income tax	−$102.04	−$2,653.12
DE Paid Leave	−$9.23	−$240.00
Take-home pay	$1,826.80	$47,496.74

Taxes as a share of pay: 20.8%
Federal taxable wages (year): $59,999.94

Estimates for planning, not tax advice. Your employer's payroll may round differently, and your tax bill when you file can differ from what's withheld.

How Delaware taxes your paycheck in 2026

Delaware taxes income at rates from 0% to 6.6%, reaching 6.6% above $60,000 of taxable income. For withholding, employers subtract a $3,250 standard deduction ($6,500 married filing jointly) from annualized wages and then take $110 off the tax for each exemption. Since 2025, Delaware Paid Leave contributions can take up to 0.4% of wages. Traditional 401(k) contributions and pre-tax health premiums are not subject to state income tax. Wilmington adds a 1.25% wage tax for residents and for people who work in the city.

Delaware withholding rates, 2026: all filing statuses
Taxable income	Rate
$0 to $2,000	0%
$2,000 to $5,000	2.2%
$5,000 to $10,000	3.9%
$10,000 to $20,000	4.8%
$20,000 to $25,000	5.2%
$25,000 to $60,000	5.55%
Over $60,000	6.6%

Standard deduction: $3,250 single or married filing separately; $6,500 married filing jointly; $3,250 head of household.
Exemption credits off the tax: $110 for you, $110 for a spouse, $110 per dependent.
A traditional 401(k) lowers your Delaware taxable wages; pre-tax health premiums do.

Delaware payroll contributions

Delaware employee payroll taxes, 2026
Contribution	Rate	Wages up to
DE Paid Leave	0.4%	$184,500

City and county taxes

The City of Wilmington taxes the earned income of everyone who lives in the city, wherever they work, and of nonresidents for work done in the city, at 1.25%. No other Delaware city or county taxes wages.

What this calculator simplifies

Exemptions are assumed to be 1 for single and head of household, 2 for married filing jointly, plus 1 per dependent, each worth a $110 credit.
Head of household uses the $3,250 single standard deduction; the Division of Revenue's withholding method lists only single, married filing jointly and married filing separately.
The Division of Revenue's tax table is marked "effective January 1, 2025" and no separate 2026 table has been published; Delaware's rates (30 Del. C. § 1102) did not change for 2026, so the same table applies.
Delaware Paid Leave: shown at the most an employer may deduct (half of 0.8%, for employers with 25 or more employees). Employers with 10 to 24 employees cover parental leave only (0.32%, so at most 0.16% from the employee); employers with fewer than 10 are not covered; and many employers pay the whole contribution.
Wilmington's wage tax is figured on wages after pre-tax health premiums. The city taxes "gross earned income", so whether 401(k) contributions are included can depend on the employer.
This is withholding, not your final Delaware tax.

Sources

How every number is worked out is on the methodology page.